AIRHEADRechargeable Air Pump, 12v

Fine, it's bright yellow... but the pump is awesome. Needed to replace our airbed pump, and this one works MUCH better than original. First, it comes with attachments similar to our old pump (3 sizes of nozzles to channel the air flow). Second, the fully charged battery lasts weeks if not months on standby (charge it once, stick it on the the shelf or in the closet, and use it again several weeks down the road without having to recharge it). Third, that fully charged battery won't die on you in just one or two fills of your airbed... nope, you can fully blow up your airbed several times on just one charge (oh, and just for note, we have a queen sized mattress). And no signs of overheating like our old pump.The only reason I docked it one star is that you can't use the pump while plugged in, but it seems there's some technology restriction there. I've only seen pumps that allow one or the other, not both: use while plugged in only, or cordless(charge and use without the plug).

I like the product but was disappointed when I received it and discovered that the batteries inside were NiCd (have a memory) rather than NiMH or Li type. Not that many companies still use NiCd, which means people do not know about care and use. NiCd remembers (or has a memory) about recent discharge before recharge cycle, so if users do not fully discharge them before recharging, the battery's capacity is reduced in the future. This is also related to recharge, as in you want to fully charge a completely discharged battery each time. This means that using the auto charger which is unlikely to run long enough to give the unit a full charge is a problem. And even if I use it properly, if someone borrows it, they may not and make a lot of work for me to restore the battery. Had I known it was NiCd I probably would have passed on it, but when it came I needed it, and so I am keeping it.Given this the unit, which came partially charged, was run completely down and then put through an initial 12 hour AC uninterrupted charge. It easily blew up an inflatable couch we were using, along with a mattress. Once it began to slow down I discharged it completely followed by another full charge. All other reviews are correct. It only runs when no plugged in, so you probably want some other king of pump available as a backup. Given the cost of batteries for a battery operated pump, this is a cost effective replacement.

It’s a must have for the Buck.

The pump was able to inflate our 8' x 12' floating island! Even including some 'help' from our toddler which wasted some battery and lost some air. The battery was pretty much used up by the time we filled the island, but this thing is HUGE. I didn't time it, but I'd say it took 15-20 minutes to inflate the island, but much of that time was spent hassling with the massive inflatable, on a boat, with kids "helping". My impression was that it inflated pretty fast. We had another plug-in 12V pump that we started using simultaneously (multiple chambers on this island) but we gave up on because it was pathetically slow compared to the Airhead Pump. We plugged the Airhead AHP-12R in to 12V for recharging and used it again at the end of the day to fully deflate the island.During inflation, we topped off the inflatable island with a hand pump, which i highly recommend. We purchased the Airhead AHP-1 (two-stage, high volume hand pump) and it worked great. I will say that the hand-pump was nowhere close, in speed, of filling the raft as the AHP-12R was. We tried it, then abandoned it as a filling device but did used it to top off.For some reason, I thought I read in my research that this pump could be operated with a dead battery by connecting directly to a car battery with included alligator clips. This is not the case, it only works after being charged as others have noted. It can be charged via included 110V (home) or 12V (car acc/cig lighter) cords.Even if it only lasts one season, I would buy another one next year. If it fails prematurely or performance issues start emerging, I will post an update.Update: it did not make it to the end of the season. I rechearged it regularly but by the end of the first season it did not have enough juice to fill a two-person toe-behind. I would not repurchase.

It inflated a 2-person tube & a floating ball in less than 4 minutes

This pump cannot be used while it is charging!!! The pump can only run off of the battery, and the battery cannot be charged while in use. So if you are running low on juice, you can't simply plug in and keep inflating, you have to wait for the pump to charge first before you can resume. I brought this to the river for inflating several tubes. It inflated 2 alright, but on the 3rd it began to slow wayyy down, It wasn't dead, but the air flow was very slow. Thankfully we had another pump (non-battery powered), otherwise we would have had to wait for the damn thing to charge before we could use it again.

I bought this pump 11 and a half years ago, and I'm just coming back now to buy my second one because this one will no longer recharge. I could not be happier or more impressed with this product. Please note that one has to treat these batteries with some care, charging them fully overnight before each trip is recommended, As well as letting them run down before recharging. These are not like your cell phone. (And no, it won't run when plugged in, but since I take it out in the woods to pump up my camping air mattress I couldn't imagine why that would matter. Some people just don't plan ahead I guess. And never get out of their cars...kinda sad.) Anyway, disregard the whiners. This thing is a road warrior that served me well for many years of regular use, and I hope its replacement unit is as good.

Love this product except for one detail. Wish the adaptors would lock onto the device so they didn't pop off with pressure. Other than that, the battery power lasts and it is so convenient at the beach to blow up inflatables.

NO LE DOY 5 ESTRELLAS PORQUE LA CARGA NO DURA MUCHO CASI ES CARGA POR CADA INFLADA

Works very well. The noise level is ok compare to my old one. Recharge quickly and the battery is powerful. It come with a 12V connector and 110V connector. I bought this for Big Agnes double Z air mattress. None of the adaptors fits the air mattress connector. I had to cut one. It works fine now.

Worked great after it's first charge. Only a few more charges and it worked less and less every time. Only managed to inflate my raft up twice on one charge. Seems to just die very fast now. Only a month old :(

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